<em>Tumor</em> is the most important book I've ever written

“This book has the power to promote a technology that may save millions of lives”

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By Helen Thomson

Can you tell me about The Tumor – your first non-legal thriller?

A man called Paul is diagnosed with a terrible brain tumour, a grade four glioblastoma. The first version of the story is what happens now: Paul has surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. He dies within nine months. It’s devastating. The second version is what could happen by 2025. Paul is treated with focused ultrasound therapy. It isn’t a cure, but makes his cancer chronic and treatable. He lives 10 …

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